Re: [midatlanticretro] Problem with IBM PS/2 Model 80-041

... A great place to ask about PS/2 problems is the Usenet group comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware A list of PS/2 error codes can be found at

Message 1 of 4
, Jan 3, 2006

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Joe Giliberti wrote:

> I've just run into a problem. It seemed that there was something wrong
> with the Computone terminal MCA card and breakout box. The machine
> refused to boot when it got to testing the card and loading the drivers.
> I removed the card. Now, it refuses to see the Hard Drive and is just
> booting into BASIC. it is also giving me a 165 error code at boot. When
> I have tried to boot from a floppy, it acts as if the disk is blank and
> proceeds to boot into BASIC. I have tried a DOS 5.2 and 3.2 boot disk,
> along with an OS/2 boot disk. I even tried a reference disk. Nothing. Is
> there some special formattig method I should do to the floppies?
> Additionally, when I turn it on, there is a very high pitched whine
> coming from somewhere in the case. I don't know if it is coming from the
> speaker or from somewhere else.
>
> Thanks
> Joe G

A great place to ask about PS/2 problems is the Usenet group
comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware

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Sridhar Ayengar

... You need to boot off of the reference diskette. It s the only diskette the machine will boot until it s been configured. MCA machines use reference

Message 2 of 4
, Jan 3, 2006

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Joe Giliberti wrote:

> I've just run into a problem. It seemed that there was something wrong
> with the Computone terminal MCA card and breakout box. The machine
> refused to boot when it got to testing the card and loading the drivers.
> I removed the card. Now, it refuses to see the Hard Drive and is just
> booting into BASIC. it is also giving me a 165 error code at boot. When
> I have tried to boot from a floppy, it acts as if the disk is blank and
> proceeds to boot into BASIC. I have tried a DOS 5.2 and 3.2 boot disk,
> along with an OS/2 boot disk. I even tried a reference disk. Nothing. Is
> there some special formattig method I should do to the floppies?
> Additionally, when I turn it on, there is a very high pitched whine
> coming from somewhere in the case. I don't know if it is coming from the
> speaker or from somewhere else.

You need to boot off of the reference diskette. It's the only diskette
the machine will boot until it's been configured. MCA machines use
reference diskettes like other machines use BIOS configuration programs.

Are you sure the reference diskette you tried is the correct one for
this model? The one you need is rf7080a.exe. BTW, the 16x series of
errors means "configuration error".

Peace... Sridhar

Sridhar Ayengar

... By the way, set the clock on your computer properly. It s more than a month off. It screws with people s email systems. Peace... Sridhar

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, Jan 3, 2006

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Joe Giliberti wrote:

> I've just run into a problem. It seemed that there was something wrong
> with the Computone terminal MCA card and breakout box. The machine
> refused to boot when it got to testing the card and loading the drivers.
> I removed the card. Now, it refuses to see the Hard Drive and is just
> booting into BASIC. it is also giving me a 165 error code at boot. When
> I have tried to boot from a floppy, it acts as if the disk is blank and
> proceeds to boot into BASIC. I have tried a DOS 5.2 and 3.2 boot disk,
> along with an OS/2 boot disk. I even tried a reference disk. Nothing. Is
> there some special formattig method I should do to the floppies?
> Additionally, when I turn it on, there is a very high pitched whine
> coming from somewhere in the case. I don't know if it is coming from the
> speaker or from somewhere else.

By the way, set the clock on your computer properly. It's more than a
month off. It screws with people's email systems.

Peace... Sridhar

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